Comments on: The HOPE in Sri Lanka after war

By: Off the Cuff

Off the Cuff — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:40:43 +0000

Punitham,

Third parties were involved several times for negotiations but expected results were always out of reach.

UN is kept out of internal affairs to avoid bigger problems such as rule by proxy by big powers.

The internal problems can be solved by Sri Lankans, in spite of its complexities, if parties come together with an open mind and give up inequitable demands

Remember that Prabahkaran was offered the total administration of the Northern and Eastern provinces for Ten years without subjecting it to an election.

Imagine what the two provinces could have achieved if the $300 million annual income was used to develop those two provinces instead of spending that on arms and destruction?

If he had the foresight to accept, he would still be amongst the living and truly loved by ALL Tamils out of genuine respect and not through fear. He would have saved invaluable lives of tens of thousands in the process too.

If he ruled with righteousness he would moreover be loved and respected even by the Sinhalese and Muslims in the same way that the Tamil King Elara was loved and respected by his Sinhalese subjects

In hind sight I believe he squandered the best chance he had by rejecting that offer

By: punitham

punitham — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:52:24 +0000

Deborah
Your heart is very very nice but your head about the government is naive:

Sri Lankan Prime Minister at UN General Assembly, September 2009: “UN should not interfere in the internal affairs of States” . This has been said by previous heads of Sri Lanka too.

How can we disentangle this extremely complex conflict without the help of a third party? Impossible.

The more we delay the more difficult it’s going to be even for a third party.

By: Off the Cuff

Off the Cuff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:47:13 +0000

Jansee

Could you be more specific please?

I have searched the ABC Radio site and the United Nations web sites but cannot find anything where Lynn Pascoe refers to the infamous Channel 4 video anywhere.

Kindly provide the URL that confirms your statement quoted below

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nvestigation on the Channel 4 video controversy which the UN dismissed as one conducted by the alleged perpetrators.
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By: President Bean

President Bean — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:51:34 +0000

realist…to rephrase what Rajapaksa said recently, “There are only 2 kinds of people in Sri Lanka…they are the majority who believe that this country belongs only to them…and the minorities who don’t agree with what the majority says!”

By: realist

realist — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:57:43 +0000

What hope can there be with the present regime. we are doomed unless we convince the hoi polloi that there are more noble things than accepting favors from the government. Our people have been corrupted by politicinas doling out favors as if they are giving their own money. Traditionally the Sinhalese are known to be foolish or naive. Self governance is not for fools but for people of maturity. Our people think democracy is majority decision-makinng. So if they decide that the Tamils don’t deserve to live here they think itt is democracy. The Buddha’s teachings have never been followed by our people in the spirit but only in rituals.So we are a people without any moral or ethical values. Such nations have disappeared over the ages.

By: jansee

jansee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:20:41 +0000

It now appears obvious that MR and his regime wanted a pat on the back for defeating terrorism. In fact, such goodwill was abound initially as was evident from the outpouring of support and congrats from many parties. In the same breath, they had wanted the country to move on so that the peace dividends would be enjoyed by everyone. Turning a blind eye and the deafness with which alleged atrocities were overlooked by the international community should have been grabbed by the regime to work out an amicable solution and steps taken towards reconciliation. However, such a goodwill has been screwed-up big-time by this regime and now the momentum to dig the ground and dig the past is staring at them. I doubt very much that anything will be forgotten. What a folly?

By: jansee

jansee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:27:50 +0000

Off the Cuff:

Please check Lynn Pascoe’s (UN) with ABC radio.

By: President Bean

President Bean — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:06:10 +0000

The Blind Patriots of ‘The DemoCrazy TheoCrazy Utopian Paradise of Sri Lanka should check out this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_Sri_Lankan_military

By: President Bean

President Bean — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:57:08 +0000

“Only the winners decide what were war crimes.”
-Gary Wills –

What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and conducted wars, war criminals? War criminals are not confined to the Axis Powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. England, America and Russia have all of them got their hands dyed more or less red â€” not merely Germany and Japan.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi-

…according to Gandhi’s quote, Prabahakaran, Karuna, Pillayan, Mahinda, Gotabaya and Sarath Fonseka are all war criminals! Though i’m not a Buddhist, I believe in ‘Ditta dahma waydaneeya karma’…Prabahakaran got what he deserved…I’m waiting to see what will happen to the rest.

By: Off the Cuff

Off the Cuff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:41:51 +0000

Jansee,

Interesting

Do you have a link to the following statement?

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nvestigation on the Channel 4 video controversy which the UN dismissed as one conducted by the alleged perpetrators.
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